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tEbe  flIMamt  Bulletin 

Series  IX  JANUARY,  1911  Number  6 


EQUIPMENT  IN  . . 
AGRICULTURE, 
NATURE  STUDY, 

and 


OHIO  STATE  NORMAL  COLLEGE 

MIAMI  UNIVERSITY 
OXFORD,  OHIO 


PUBLISHED  MONTHLY  BY  MIAMI  UNIVERSITY 
And  entered  at  Postoffice,  Oxford,  Ohio,  as  Second  Class  Mail  Matter 


This  Bulletin  is  issued  in  order  to  acquaint  practice  teachers 
in  the  William  Me  Guffey  schools  with  materials  available  for  use 
in  the  teaching  of  Nature  Study,  Elementary  Agriculture,  and 
Geography.  In  addition,  information  is  given  concerning  certain 
collections  that  will  be  loaned  to  public  schools  upon  application, 
provided  all  transportation  charges  are  paid  by  the  school  to 
which  the  collection  is  sent.  Following  each  item  is  the  letter 
“A”-“E”-or  “G.”  “A”  indicates  that  the  material  is  in  the 

Department  of  Agricultural  Education,  in  charge  of  Dr.  Davis, 
“E”  that  it  is  in  charge  of  Professor  Heckert,  in  the 
Department  of  Education,  and  “G”  that  it  is  the  Department  of 
Geography  in  charge  of  Professor  Hoke.  Inquiries  concerning 
loan  collections  should  be  sent  to  the  Teachers  Aid  Bureau,  Ohio 
State  Normal  College,  Miami  University  Oxford  Ohio. 

Globes 

One  eighteen  inch  Jones  relief  model  of  the  earth.  G 

Two  eighteen  inch  Nystrom  swinging  map  globes.  G and  E 
One  eighteen  inch  slate  globe.  G 

Five  twelve  inch  map  globes.  G 

One  twelve  inch  map  globe  with  time  chart.  G 

Six  twelve  inch  slate  globes.  G 

One  system  of  globes  suspended  from  ceiling  to 


illustrate  relations  of  earth,  sun,  and  moon.  G 

Models 

One  set  Howell’s  relief  models  of  the  continents. 
North  America,  South  America,  Eurasia,  Africa, 
Australia.  G 

One  Howell  relief  model  of  the  United  States,  a section 

of  a globe  sixteen  feet  in  diameter.  G 

One  Howell  relief  model  of  the  Henry  Mountains,  colored 

geologically.  G 

One  Howell  stereogram  model  of  the  Henry  Mountains.  G 
One  Howell  relief  model  of  the  Chattanooga  district, 

colored  geologically.  G 

One  Howell  relief  model  of  New  York  State.  G 

One  set  of  three  Harvard  relief  models.  G 

One  Keeler  relief  model  to  illustrate  contours.  G 


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One  dissectable  manikin. 

Models  of  eye,  ear,  and  chest. 

Maps 

One  set  of  Stanford’s  orographical  wall  maps  of 
the  continents,  edited  by  Mackinder.  North 
. America,  South  America,  Europe,  Africa, 
Australasia. 

One  set  Rand-McNally  physical  maps  of  the  continents. 

North  America,  South  America,  Europe,  Asia,  Africa. 
One  Rand-McNally  physical  map  of  the  United  States. 

The  Oxford  Wall  maps,  edited  by  Herbertson. 

Asia,  one  rainfall  map. 

Africa,  one  rainfall  and  one  vegetation  map. 

South  America,  one  rainfall  and  one  vegetation 
map. 

One  set  Rand-McNally  political  maps.  North  America, 
South  America,  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  United  States, 
State  of  Ohio. 

One  Rand-McNally  map  of  the  world, Mercator  projection. 
Two  sets  Sydow-Habenicht  physical  maps  of  states  of 
Europe,  including  British  Isles,  France,  Spain, 
Italy,  Germany,  Balkan  Peninsula,  Austria-Hungary, 
Russia,  Scandanavia.  G & 

One  set  Phillips  relievo-test  maps  of  states  of  Europe,  in- 
cluding British  Isles,  France,  Spain,  Italy,  Balkan 
Peninsula,  Austria-Hungary,  Switerland,  Germany, 
Russia,  Scandanavia. 

One  Kummerley  contoured  map  of  Switzerland. 

One  Noordhoff  wall  map  of  the  Rhine. 

One  Gaebler  map  of  Athens  and  environs. 

One  Holzel  map  of  Oceanica,  Mollwiede  projection. 

One  Geological  map  of  the  British  Isles. 

One  set  Vidal-Eablache  maps  of  France;  Rivers,  Canals, 
Railways,  Cities,  Industries,  Agriculture  and  Colo- 
nies of  Tunis  and  Algeria. 

One  copy  of  each  without  names. 

One  copy  of  each  with  names. 

Two  Spruner-Bretschner  historical  wall  maps;  Europe  at 

the  time  of  Charlemagne,  and  the  Roman  Empire.  E 


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Two  Kiepert  wall  maps  of  ancient  history. 

Ancient  Greece. 

Ancient  Gaul  and  Germany.  K 

An  almost  complete  set  of  the  U.  S.  G.  S.  contour 
maps  of  the  United  States  with  numerous  duplicates 
for  class  use.  G 

An  almost  complete  set  of  the  U.  S.  G.  S.  geological 

folios  with  many  duplicates.  G 

A large  collection  of  hand  maps  of  China,  Japan,  India, 

Persia,  the  Philippines,  West  Indies,  etc.  G 


Atlases 

Stieler — Hand-atlas. 

Berghaus — Physical  atlas. 

Andree — Hand-atlas. 

Debbes — Hand-atlas. 

Bartholomew— Atlas  of  the  World’s  Commerce. 

Rand-McNally — Atlas  of  the  World — two  vols. 

Spruner — Historical  atlas. 

Sydow — School  atlas. 

Charts 

Fourteen  charts  showing  composition,  function  and  use 

of  foods.  A 

Many  charts,  graphs,  and  diagrams  have  been  prepared 
for  teaching  purposes  to  illustrate  physical  features, 
climate,  and  industries.  These  are  too  numerous  to 
catalogue  in  detail  and  teachers  desiring  such 


material  must  consult  the  cases  containing  them.  G 

Natural  History  Collections. 

Insects 

One  demonstration  case  of  economic  insects.  A 

Fifty  life-history  collections  of  common  insects 

mounted  in  glass  cases.  A 

Beetles — the  Siewer  collection  of  more  than  four 

thousand  specimens.  A 

Weeds — a nearly  complete  collection  of  the  seeds  of 

local  weeds  A 

Birds — something  more  than  a hunderd  mounted  speci- 

ments  of  local  birds.  A 


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Minerals  and  Rocks. 

Eight  sets  Washington  School  Collection,  each  set 
constsiting  of  forty  minerals  and  forty  rocks,  with 
numerous  duplicate  fragments.  G 

A large  collection  of  minerals,  rocks,  and  fossils  en- 
tirely too  large  to  catalogue  in  detail,  available  for 
demonstration  and  study.  G 

Apparatus. 

Bacteriology — a complete  equipment,  including  Auto- 
clave, Arnold  sterilizer,  two  incubators,  compound 
microscopes,  etc.  A 

Study  of  soil — a complete  equipment,  including  Hil- 
gard’s  elutriator,  soil  cylinders,  samplers,  perco- 
lators, balances,  etc.  A 

Note — a green  house  with  modern  appointments  is 
connected  with  the  soil  laboratory. 

One  Babcock  milk  tester.  A 

Plant  Study — abundant  material  and  apparatus  for  con- 
duction of  experiments  in  plant  physiology,  plant 
propogation,  examining  and  grading  of  grains,  etc. 

Note — this  equipment  includes  ten  acres  of  ground 
for  plot  experiments  and  school  gardens,  with 
tool  house  and  forty  sets  of  gardening  tools.  A 

Green  standard  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  pattern  meteo- 
rological instruments  as  follows: 

Barometer 

Exposed  thermometer 
Maximum  and  minimum  thermometers 
Wet  and  dry  bulb  thermometers 
Rain  guage 
Annemometer 

One  Draper  self  recording  thermometer 
One  Goode  Sun  Board 
One  Morse  Heliodon 
Twelve  seasonal  twilight  charts 

One  3a  Graflex  with  Zeiss  anastigmat  and  telephoto  lens 
One  8x10  enlarging  and  reducing  lantern  slide  camera 
One  College  Bench  projection  lantern  with  microscope 

attachment,  and  long  and  short  focus  lenses  G 

Two  drawing  tables  with  instruments,  and  one  large 

table  for  map  mounting.  G 


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Several  plane-tables  for  simple  topographic  surveying. 

Bight  Underwood  Stereoscopes. 

Pictures 

About  one  thousand  pictures,  6x9  inches,  of  mammals 
birds,  insects,  econmic  and  flowering  plants,  etc. 

About  four  hundred  stereoscope  views  as  follows: 

Industries — 125 
Niagra — 30 
Colorado — 20 
Switzerland — 45 
Astria — 30 
England — 30 
Miscellaneous — about  125 

Fifteen  framed  views  of  typical  landscapes,  average  20 
x 30  inches,  and  fifteen  unframed  ones. 

About  four  hundred  color  photographs,  mounted,  6x9 
inches,  distributed  as  follows: 

60 — Turkey,  mainly  Constantinpole. 

50 — Balkan  Peninsula,  mainly  Bosnia  and  Dalmatia. 

50 — Switzerland . 

50 — Egypt  and  Atlas  Bands. 

20 — Syria  and  Palestine. 

50 — Russia  and  Scandanavia. 

25 — England  and  Ireland. 

1 00 — Miscellaneous. 

Atlas  of  Rohlfe’s  expedition  in  the  Eybian  Desert,  47 
photographs. 

Atlas  of  the  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado  with  many 
views,  about  18  x 30  inches. 

About  fifty  black  and  white  views  of  Eondon,  aud  forty 
views  of  Egypt. 

Eantern  Slides 

Birds — about  150 — 50  colored. 

Insects — about  150 — 50  colored. 

School  Gardens — about  150. 

School  Yard  Improvement — about  200 — 50  colored. 

British  Isles — about  150 — 25  colored. 

Switzerland — about  150,  many  from  orignal  negatives, 

30  colored.  G 


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Italy — about  60,  12  colored.  G 

Germany — about  75,  12  colored.  G 

Turkey,  chiefly  Constantinople — about  80.  G 

Greece — about  60.  G 

Niagara  Falls — about  25.  G 

Canyon  of  Colorado — about  25.  G 

Canadian  Rockies — about  40.  G 

Great  Industries  etc. — about  50.  G 

Physiographic  features — about  100.  G 

Climate — about  100.  G 

Miscellaneous — including  unclassified  slides  of  India, 

Japan,  etc,  about  200.  G 

Foan  Collections 

From  the  Department  of  Agricultural  Education. 


Any  of  the  lantern  slides  listed  under  Department  A. 

Set  of  insect  cases  to  illustrate  methods  of  mounting. 

Fifty  mounted  specimens  of  local  birds. 

A labeled  collection  of  weed  seeds. 

A collection  to  illustrtae  leading  field  crops. 

A labeled  collection  of  about  25  of  the  more  impor- 
tant economic  insects. 

From  the  Department  of  Geography. 

Any  of  the  unframed  pictures  listed  under  Depart- 
ment “G.” 

Any  of  the  lantern  slides  listed  under  Department 
“G”  and  in  certain  cases  the  lantern,  fitted  for 
electricity  or  acetelyne. 

A labeled  collection  of  about  25  of  the  most  common 
local  minerals,  rocks,  and  fossils,  with  notes. 

Schools  may  secure  the  loan  of  any  of  the  above  collections 
upon  the  payment  of  transportation  charges  both  ways,  provided 
the  material  is  not  in  use  at  the  time  of  application.  It  is  of 
course  expected  that  all  material  will  be  returned  promptly  and 
in  good  condition  at  the  specified  time. 

For  information  concering  any  of  the  above  loan  collections 
address  the  teachers’  Aid  Bureau.  Ohio  State  Normal  College, 
Miami  University  Oxford  Ohio. 


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